Visual Arts
Harriet Tubman statue arrives in Philadelphia in time for her 200th birthday
The nine-foot-tall sculpture will reside on the apron of City Hall until the end of March when the city will celebrate the anniversary of her birth in March of 1822.
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Listen 1:26With headquarters in Center City and a popular exhibit on Instagram, the club is recruiting new members.
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Teenage photographers taught to speak their minds in ‘Young Americans’
Teenage photographers were mentored by immigration photojournalist Ada Trillo to express their own lives through pictures.
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Relief funds and pivots: How Philly’s small arts organizations are surviving COVID
While short-term emergency relief funds have gone a long way for smaller arts groups in Philly, that money is starting to dry up.
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Listen 3:31Photos from 2021: Looking back on the year of the new normal
2021 saw a return to some things we love. The Philadelphia area also faced catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, and a rampant gun violence epidemic.
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Ringing in the new year with music, Mummers, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Dec. 30 - Jan. 2: Things to do for New Year’s in and around Philly.
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Listen 5:14Christmases past: Remembering the grandeur that was Wanamaker’s
The Woodmere Museum recently acquired the midcentury design concepts by John Winters, staff artist with Wanamaker’s Department Store for 25 years.
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Stolen 50 years ago, FBI returns antique guns to their rightful museums
Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.
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UPenn students visualize scientific racism in ‘Rotten Foundations’
A group of students at UPenn make the racist history of anthropology visible through class projects, now on display at the Slought Foundation.
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Night Tours: Winter Holidays at Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary has found ways to celebrate the holidays that also honors its mission of criminal justice reform advocacy.
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PAFA names its first Black president for a time of significant transition
Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Charlie Brown Christmas onstage, Jane Lynch swings, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Jane Lynch and Charlie Brown’s musical Christmas anchor this weekend’s events in and around Philadelphia.
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